rockbottom
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2008
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Post by rockbottom on Feb 5, 2009 15:20:58 GMT -5
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Mudshark
fully equipped rock polisher
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
Member since December 2008
Posts: 1,083
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Post by Mudshark on Feb 5, 2009 16:13:33 GMT -5
Wow,nice job,puts mine to shame.I slapped mine together over a weekend.I suspect yours took a bit longer :)That looks like its right out of the Covington factory.What size blade is that?Again,nice job.
Mike
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Feb 5, 2009 17:01:17 GMT -5
Beautiful! Wish I had your skills!
What's the hose for in the back right corner? Sucking out mist?
Chuck
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UtahRockHound
spending too much on rocks
Sometimes your the Windshield, sometimes your the Rock.
Member since May 2008
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Post by UtahRockHound on Feb 5, 2009 23:46:30 GMT -5
Very well built. Kuddo's.
I like your rail system much better then mine. I used round shaft with nylon bushings in a block. When it gets dried dirt on it, they will stick. I have to clean my rods each time.
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Saskrock
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2007
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Post by Saskrock on Feb 6, 2009 0:46:18 GMT -5
Wow you do nice work. Your stuff is the nicest homemade stuff I have seen. If they work half as good as they look you have some excelent equiptment.
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Feb 6, 2009 4:04:05 GMT -5
Brilliant job You have been busy, vibes and saw
I will have to get a move on also
\jack
yorkshire uk
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rockbottom
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2008
Posts: 117
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Post by rockbottom on Feb 6, 2009 11:28:21 GMT -5
Thanks for all the kind complements, building this stuff has been a labor of love. Mike, yeah it took longer than a weekend to build, most of the time was waiting for ordered parts. When I first started building, I was going for a 20" saw and I made everything accordingly. but when I started pricing 20" blades I decided a 16" blade would do for now. So I've got a 20" saw with 16" blade. Chuck, that hose leads to a little demister (I don't know if that's a real word) that I made out of a plastic bucket filled with fiberglass furnace filters with small fan on top. I've got a pic here somewhere, I'll post it when I find it.  Thanks.. Bob |
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drjo
fully equipped rock polisher
Honduran Opal & DIY Nut
Member since May 2008
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Post by drjo on Feb 6, 2009 12:31:06 GMT -5
That's an excellent addition, I can heae it being copied right now.  How long have you ben in the hobby? |
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rockbottom
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2008
Posts: 117
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Post by rockbottom on Feb 6, 2009 14:08:17 GMT -5
Dr Joe, I've been doing the tumbling bit about a year, very slowly at first, then later on got in the building mode, now I've got most of the equipment I need, I may go into making cabs now.
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DeanW
has rocks in the head
Member since December 2007
Posts: 721
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Post by DeanW on Feb 9, 2009 11:17:47 GMT -5
Bob, where'd you find that white swiss-cheese-like material for a slab-catch-tray? I've been trying to find something similar for my big saw.
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brent
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2008
Posts: 1,316
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Post by brent on Feb 9, 2009 11:41:32 GMT -5
Nice job. The demister is the same as the unit installed on the CNC lathes I used to run.
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highplainsdrifter
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since December 2008
Posts: 1,266
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Post by highplainsdrifter on Feb 9, 2009 11:59:42 GMT -5
Wow!!! Awesome work!!! You could start your own company selling those.
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rockbottom
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2008
Posts: 117
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Post by rockbottom on Feb 10, 2009 13:17:10 GMT -5
Dean, I had a small piece of the perforated plastic left over from a job I did for a guy. I've seen it for sale at plastic companies but I don't know how small a piece they'll sale. It's pretty expensive stuff, like all sheet plastic products.....Bob
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DeanW
has rocks in the head
Member since December 2007
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Post by DeanW on Feb 11, 2009 11:26:27 GMT -5
Hmm, thanks Bob - I'll keep my eyes open.
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homemadetools
off to a rocking start
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Post by homemadetools on Apr 16, 2017 12:07:31 GMT -5
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Post by captbob on Apr 16, 2017 15:23:27 GMT -5
Wow, thanks for the stroll down memory lane homemadetools. Had forgotten about many of those builds. |
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Deleted
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 16:09:36 GMT -5
I don't own this website, nor its content. I do find your use of this websites content quite distasteful. You had zero input to the production of this content, it's hosting or publication, but you have zero issue taking it and using it to your own benefit. Spammy. Yes,you mention in text the source of the content, but you offer not even a link in return for the value it gives you. Shame on you. Tommy does own this content. |
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Post by captbob on Apr 16, 2017 16:17:57 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that Proboards owns the content here, and would think that anything from here and reposted elsewhere would lead interested folks here. Maybe posting it elsewhere isn't proper internet etiquette, I don't know ...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 16:19:21 GMT -5
It has come to my attention that you have done similar misdeed to nearly 2700 websites.
This is a community and those other sites are too. What you did, is blatantly steal content from myriad people and website owners to use it for your benefit.
Whomever you are, today, you are a thief.
At very minimum you must begin linking back to the source materials and also directly to the profiles of the folks whose time, sweat and ingenuity you stole.
Our community owner may way compensation as well. Time will tell.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 16, 2017 16:22:17 GMT -5
Shotgunner, Hey wipe that foam off your mouth. The citations are apparently there. They all lead back to this site. They are helping people find info that is already open to the public, and no feeling should have been hurt in the posting of the information on homemadetools.net
I like the dispersal of information to a wider audience and we will undoubtedly benefit from info flowing back. Just my opinion.
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